Albert Voorhies

He was Lieutenant Governor under James Madison Wells from March 4, 1865 – June 3, 1867.

He was a pro-slavery Southern Democrat and often at odds with the pro-suffrage, anti-slavery, Radical Republican Wells.

He also found a career in justice and worked his way up to the Louisiana Supreme Court, where he succeeded his father, Cornelius Voorhies, and served from April 1859 to April 1865.

[1] He died January 20, 1913, in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana at the age of 83 years and 362 days.

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